"This incredible story is beautifully told by The Straight Acting Theatre Company and I am left feeling that if there's one thing we can do in life it is truly embrace the person that we are..."

D'Eon Review 2018 - Afronalysis

Set up in August 2016, The Straight Acting Theatre Company is an LGBTQ managed and run, producing theatre company and a collaboration of Writers, Directors and Actors based in Manchester.

The Straight Acting Theatre Company endeavours to enrich the lives of audiences by producing live LGBTQ inspired theatre that focuses on the detail of life and the stories we all have to tell as a diverse and varied community.

We aim to engage in creative and meaningful ways with as wide a range of audiences as possible. We endeavour to engage with other artists, professionals, companies, groups and individuals to create a variety of work. ​ We aspire to work with Performers of all ages, encouraging new talent to produce innovative, exciting and excellent theatre that promotes the art form and expands audiences across a diverse range of population from a wide range of social, economic and geographic backgrounds.It is our aim to undertake both charitable and commercial bodies of work that is both original and established. We believe that everyone deserves fair and equal rights and we aim to work with, employ and have contact with people from all parts of our community.